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Was just looking back at some of my first activities recorded on Strava (rides) and noticed that the gear selected for the ride was my current default bike for "ride" sport types (Cervelo R5). The problem here is that the bike I have set as my default for rides was purchased several years after these first rides. For those initial rides, I'm guessing I didn't have any gear set, so I then looked at the rides I had logged just before my actual first ride with my current bike, and see that they too are marked as R5 rides, even though I know by that time I would have marked them as my old bike (Allez).

When I recently set my default bike for rides (R5) did that action override what gear I selected (or didn't select) for those old rides, and artificially inflate the miles logged on my R5? 

Plus, you can only use one default setting once, even if one have several bikes. I would like to have “ride” on three (or four) of my bikes, but can only choose one bike for this setting. 

I even had rides that were identified as “indoor ride” that had my R5 applied as the gear. Also, i can answer my own question; yes this action is artificially inflating the mileage of my R5.

Hi ​@Teddoro,

As far as I know, the mileage for the bike counts from the date on which it was created. If you add individual components to your bike, there is an option to specify the date on which, for example, the tires were changed/installed. Here you can select the actual installation date, “today” or “since the beginning”. The kilometers that are attributed to the respective part always start on the date that was selected or since the beginning. Maybe that's the reason?

Just to be sure: Have you checked that your R5 is not also confgured asl default bike for virtual rides?

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